Lamar Theater

On November 15th, 1946 the Lamar Theatre opened its doors. It has been an anchor of downtown Lamar for over 60 years. Although it was not built during the Art Deco time period,1920 to 1939, the Lamar's architecture and styling is Art Deco. It has all the indirect lighting, neon, colored floodlights, curved edges and corners, chrome, mirrors, glass blocks, terrazzo flooring, pastel color schemes and murals with flowers and sunbursts that are characteristic of the Art Deco style. The Lamar is now owned and operated by the Ross family. They purchased the theatre in December 1994.